Loading-machine.



L. J. SLIFER.

LOADING MACHINE.

APFLHCATION FILED HHIES. 1911.

1,244,381. Patented Oct. 23,1911'..

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L. J. SLIFER.

LOADING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE 5. l9l7.

Patented Oct. 23, 1917.

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To:all tohom"itlrmayicoheerm l ""B'e ity-- known that vI, Lnorzw i Shmnm a citinenof the United States, andwaf resident oi I Sterling, in i the county of Rice and State of -Kansas, have inventedw-new and usefu'l Improvements in Loading-Machines, of? which the following is: a specifi .eati' ont a I a 1 My invention is an improvement: in load I ing: machines, and has for its 1 object to pro- Vide a inachli'n'e or g the characten' specified, 1? b imeans of which dirt, sand,-gravel and p a thc lilse'lmay be loaded: vdirectly from a slip:- orr' scrapen' 'toa wagond thesslip or scraper 1 dumpin directly on i to the loading table, andlili'i tmglt the'lo'ading table. by the furthers 1 movement ofthesaidscraper; In thedrawingsi i 1.

" Bligh t is a transverse Figure: i's a' perspective View \Oif the provedimachi neg p l 1 Fig, 2'is ga" d tail:.showing the manner *of" portinglil'thei .frame for transportation; "gl-"3 i'sallon 'tudinal vertical"section;

Figs 4 isalseet on=oh the line 4'-'4= 0f Fig '3, looking-in the ,dtirectionof .thefiam ows ad:

jacentto- -the line;

loading table i a Figs d andi 7 al' sections 5mm lines" 66 and 7- -7 of Fig. :.5,--each:view looking in the direction of the-arrows adjacent to the line; "and Fig; 8' is a partial perspective view ,t hiolu ing at the oppositeside from -w-Figll. v

Inthe present embodimentiof the invention, a suitable frame is, provided, consisting I of longitudinally'extendingbars "1, parallel andspa'ced apart from each other, andot angle material, the said bars having a horizonta'l and a vertical portion, the horizontal portion resting upon the ground, a'sshown,

" when the device is in use;

o A rail 2 is connected to each bar 1, the said rails being of channel material and be- 1 ing arranged in inclined position, as shown,

' :and the rails are supported at the ends of thebars' 1 by vertical bars 3, and they are a connected by bars 4 and 5. The uprights3 are also connected by inclined bars 6. .Each

of the rails 2 is provided intermediate its ,ends,with an oblique. ortion 8, thesaid' portions being parallel Wlth; the bars 1, and the channels of those portionsof therails below the oblique portions'8 are continuous with the channelsof the oblique portions. I A loading table 9 isiprovided for loading the material, the said i I JONATHAN table at. the apron, and between th scribed.

' blemembers 16, as, for instance, cords or cables, and thesaid cables are connectedtat i 'one: endtwi-th. the-clips} The otherz'vend. p I each cable passesupwardly overfa reel rthrouglrthe sionB, andbeneath a pulley 210ntl1eadjafface ofithe extensions; 8}, as indicatedlat 2414 *ningluip theinclined rails, while therecep downwardly beneath apulley; 27 on t e 'adload. The said mechanism comprisesa catch Z plate 29 which is mounted to slidexupon an' eye rail 30 arranged per endicular tor-"the 110 136131011 01 apron: 10 at- "one ten having pjournaled thereon Wheels, are -designed-- torunwinhthechan ls o rails: 'The apron or extension, 'ls bra agai st the 1 tableby; inclined braces 1:12,, a shaft; 13 is arranged":transversely;

and theqbra ces; This "shaftjhhasi {flanged- .65 wheels lt atitsends,"whichwrnn uponl the: top}sidesoftherails- 2;,the flan es, I ing inside the'rails..-;Clip .151 a-r ournal ontheends f; the, shaft, d: these clips con'n'ectediw hhoisting i i The=hoistingamechanism consists afitxi: '1 1 atnthe adjacentend. oi the shaft118,which i 1 is,journalediinbearings'lilvattheupper endsmi f and onlthelinne'r faces o E the railsr2; From, 1

the 'ree1s,--, after a few; turns thereon-t the cableslfi pass downwardly overv a pulleyr i v 20 on the outer face of thev adjacentextenw :r'

cent end of 'alreceptaclew22.i Tllheseipulleys. v 20-and 21 are held between brackets 23 andw thev extension-and the receptac1e-,r;irespec- 'I tively, andvthe ends ofthe cordaremoteifrom; f v i theclipslfinare connected withlthe outerr Itwill be levident-thattwhenitheshaft}, ,9 0 is turnedriinttltepropergdirectionitoup= v that portion of the cord l6 between the clips Y 15 and: the r-reel, the table iwillarbevliftedyv run:-

tacle 22 will be lowered. This receptacle may be filled with sand or thelike, and the I said receptacle is a counter-Wei ht.-

- A'reel 25 is securedto one en of the shaft} 18, the said shaft being extended forfthis purpose, and one endof a' flexible member 26' j j is secured to the reel and winds thereon. The other end of the flexible member asses jacent rail 2, and around another pulley 28 p on the adjacentbar 1, and to a-co'nnection with mechanism for engagement, by the doubletree of the scraper team toraise the a adjacent bar 1, andex'ten ing laterally outward from the said bar. Thiscatch plate in Fig. 5.

.is adapted to be engaged by the doubletrees 31 of the scraper team when the saiddoubletrees are lowered after the dumping of the scraper, to move the said catch plate outwardly, to raise the loading table.

Releasing mechanism is provided for releasing the doubletree from the catch plate.

The said mechanism comprises a shoe 32' which is mounted to slide on the rail 30 and is pinned'thereto by means of a pin 33. The shoe 32 carries a pair of cam members 34 substantially V-shaped, and connected to the shoe in substantially inverted V-shape, and supported in such manner that they will lift the doubletree out of engagement with the catch plate, as indicated in dotted lines In operation, with the parts in the posi- A tion'of Fig. 1, that is, with the table in receiving position, the slip or scraper is driven transversely of the table toward the element 29, and as the scraper reaches the table it is dumped, the load falling upon the table.

The doubletree is lowered by the dumping of the scraper and engages the element 29,

and as the horses move ahead the table is lifted, moving upwardly horizontally until the wheels 11 enter the horizontal portions 8 of the track. A continued movement of the table dumps the load, as indicated in Fig. 3, intothe wagon, the load sliding down into the wagon which is arranged beneath the high ends of the rails. The load passes down the apron or extension 10 into the wagon.

As soon as the doubletree engages the cam bars 34 the doubletree is lifted out of engagement with the element 29, and the table returns by gravity to receiving position. The table is heavier than the counter-weight in order, that it may return of its own accord to receiving position. In order-t0 per mit the machine to be transported, a pair of wheels 35 is provided, the said wheels being on the ends, of an axle 36. The bars 1 are provided with hooks 37 pivotally connected with the bars for-engaging the axle, and to connect the frame with the axle it is only necessary to lift the same until the hooks can be engaged with the axle.

It will be noted from an inspection of Fig; 1 that a rod 38 is arranged transversely of that end of the frame remote from the counter-weight, the said rod being held by arms 41 extending longitudinally from the bars 1. Draft apparatus may be connected with this rod, as, for instance, chains. to connect with a draft animal.

I claim: I r a 1. A device of the character specified comprising a loading table, an incline upon which the table is mounted to run and having means in connection therewith and in connection with the table for dumping the table when it is hoisted, a catch plate having guided movement toward and from the ta-' ble and controlling the operation of the hoisting mechanism and adapted for engagement by the unloaded scraper to operate the same, and means for releasing. the vcatch LEON JONATHAN SLIFER.

Witnesses:

C. F. WEST,

E. STALEY.

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Washington, 10.0. v 

